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devenson

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About devenson

CTO of Pathway Systems

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    Comment #45427130

    Good observation. Yes, because the gable wall isn't load bearing so it doesn't have a load bearing header which needs jack studs.

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    Comment #45418724

    https://buildfreely.com helping people build a shed or small struture.

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    Comment #45235960

    > non-linear computationally irreducible systems cannot be predicted How confident are you of your ability to identify such systems? Many systems are not such and therefore easy to…

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    Comment #44748063

    mRNA could be said to be in the trough of disillusionment -- didn't prevent COVID as initially promised, and has problems like causing heart damage in rare cases. This disillusionm…

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    Comment #44662466

    Is the checklist complete? If not, it might lull you into a false sense of security. How do you know if it's complete or not?

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    Comment #44617573

    less than perfect writing is a signal that your human. At least for now.

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    Comment #44573518

    It would seem the assembly line also prevents workers from slacking, as they are in constant competition to stay ahead of workers at other stations. No need for managers to crack t…

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    Comment #44455833

    Can't reset state after breakage.

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    Comment #44426844

    A category for politically incorrect ads would be cool.

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    Comment #44381610

    A reminder that simple inventions are still possible.

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    Comment #44210428

    When stuck I do what I call "prepping". Don't try to do the task, just prep for it -- clean the room, the desk, close distracting websites, gather the materials. It's lowering the …

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    Comment #43926869

    >There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people. You can't hold onto it regardless. The best you can do is choose who g…

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    Comment #43787996

    If people would spend more for the US product, we wouldn't need the tariffs.

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    Comment #43732074

    Documenting existing system dependencies using the product which which I'm a founder: https://schematix.com/video/depmap Like UML deployment diagrams, but our models are interactiv…

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    Comment #43402943

    I feel the same way about Farscape.

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    Comment #43373574

    Depends how far away her desk is.

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    Comment #43297249

    a brighter room with light screen (not dark mode) causes smaller pupils and thus better focus.

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    Comment #42805350

    When I was younger, dark room, dark screen was fine. Gets harder to focus as you age. Bright screen and room cause smaller pupils and therefore easier focusing like a pinhole camer…

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    Comment #42745575

    Not OSS but I have developed a tool for modeling racks and much more. https://schematix.com/video/racks

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    Comment #42452520

    Thinking is emulated -- therefore much slower.

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    Comment #42160097

    Constant fans are sucking outside air into your house. Could be part of your Heat/AC efficiency problem mentioned in your post. A timer to run every 10th minute would be a simple i…

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    Comment #42089000

    Cool! -- using the Spectroid Android app, you can see the same image of your music in the waterfall of the spectrogram! https://schematix.com/~devenson/spectroid.png

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    Comment #35057402

    Or melt the sharp ends with a lighter to dull them.

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    Comment #33468110

    Place a wick in the center of the puddle and run out out the drain hole and down a couple inches lower than the lowest part of the puddle. The wick will act like a self-priming sip…

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    Comment #33468000

    It depends how often it's opened.